=si CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ,0' 48th YEAR, NO. 74. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Capt. Ernest M. Snowden Awaits Retirement After Colorful Career Memphis, Ten _ ln charge c t command ceremonies today at the Memphis Naval Air Reserve Train ing Unit, Captain Ernest M. Snow den, USN, Unit Commanding Of ficer was succeeded by Comman der Leonard J. Reintjes. USN, Ex ecutive Officer for the past two and one half years. Captain Snowden assumed com mand of the housekeeping unit for Mid-South Navy and Marine 'week end warrior" Reserve Squadrons in March 1956 following a tour of duty in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington. I-*1* 48-year-old veteran of 31 years in the Navy, 27 of them as a commissioned officer, has been ordered by the Navy Department to temporary duty in a flying status with the Commander, Western Sea Frontier, in San Francisco to await the Secretary of the Navy's ap proval of his request for voluntary Retirement on October 1. Capt. Snowden, son of Mrs. M. S. Snowden of 131 Craven street, Beau fort, will be accompanied west by his wife, Mrs. Lois Arnold Snow den, daughter of the late General H. H. "Hap" Arnold of Air Force fame and Mrs. Arnold now of Sonoma, Calif. A 1952 graduate of the Naval Academy, Captain Snowden re ceived his aviator's wings in 1937. A survivor of the 1942 sinking of the USS WASP during the Solomon Islands campaign, he commanded Group 16, which was destined to become one of the most famous fighter groups to emerge from Ut loSS 0f a singIe American He is credited with having ini tiated most of the modifications now installed on the Navy's large aircraft carriers, including the ang led deck and the new stemm cata pult. He did this during 1952-54 as bead of the aviation ships section in the military requirements and developments branch of the air warfare division of the office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington. Other peat-war tours included duty as staff aviation officer with the 8th Fleet; as senior Naval aviation adviser to the Argentine Naval War College in Buenos Air es; director of training and later as chief of staff to the Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training at Corpus Christi. Staff Officer to the Commanden of the First and Seventh Fleets chief staff officer with the Pacific Reserve Fleet (Bremerton Group) commanding officer of the carrier Fleet* GULF w'"> the Atlantic Captain Snowden, holder of twen ty decorations including the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, Legion of "em (combat), the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Navy Unit Cita H00, i,?one ?* the few remaining Navy Captains who actively fly operational jet fighter aircraft. Capt. Ernest M. SnoWdeo . . . ends Naval career ASC Manager Announces Community Committeemen Twenty-five men from five com munities were elected ASC com munity committeemen Thursday. Election results were announced by B. J. May, ASC manager. Mr. May said there are about 609 eligible voters in the communi ties. Of that number, 280, or 46 per cent, went to the polls Thurs day. The committeemen will take of fice Oct. 1 for a one year term. Mr. May said their function is to assist the county ASC committee in carrying out the provisions of the ASC program and to make any necessary acreage adjustments. In the election results below the first name is that of the chairman, the second the name of the vice chairman, the . third the name of the regular member, the fourth the name of the first alternate and the last the name of the second alter nate. White Oak: Jim W. Young. Lee Sawrey, Willie Trott, A. G. God win, Marion Weeks. Morehead City: George Creech, Arthur Williams, J. Bonner Bell, B. F. Swinson, Clarence Oglesby. Newport: John A. Kelly, Charlie Quinn, George F. Bryan, Clayton Cannon, Ronnie Kelly. Beaufort-Harlowe : Noah Avery, Archie R. Hardesty, Gordon Bec ton, Raymond Dickinson, Neal Chadwick. East-Merrimon : Roland Salter, Thomas I. Carraway, Herman Ar thur, Stanley Gillikin, Heber Gol den. The chairman of each commun ity committee is a delegate to a meeting to be held Sept. 25 in the ASC office for the purpose of elect ing the county committee. This group will be composed of three members and two alternates who are not members of the community committee. The present county committee is Roy Keller, Clarence Millis and J. C. Barker. , Coast Guard Completes Group Reorganization Norfolk ? With a new command ing officer at the Coast Guard group office, Fort Macon, the final step in the Fifth Coast Guard Dis trict's group reorganization has .been accomplished. LL John E. Riddell Jr. took com mand of the Fort Macon group last week, relieving Chief Warrent Boat swain Glen N. Burbage, who has orders to the Lifeboat Station at Santa Rom, Fla. The new commanding officer was formerly attached to the staff of Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District at Norfolk, Va., as assist , ant chief, Law Enforcement Sec tion. The district reorganization for the Southern portion, which takes In primarily the area from Cape Henry to the North Carolina-South Carolina border, abolished the groups at Virginia Beach, Va., Elizabeth City and Wilmington in North Carolina. Coast Guard units attached to those commands were distributed under the new organization to Groups Norfolk, Cape Hatteras, and the newly established Fort Ma con Group. Coast Guard officials at Fifth Coast Guard District headquarters here feel that this new command aetup will provide a more efficient utilization of the service's rescue forces by simplifying the command communication and thereby cutting ?oiM at the proverbial "red tape" so common with governmental agencies. The North Carolina units falling under Lieutenant Riddell's Fort Macon group command arc Life boat Stations at Fort Macon, Swansboro, Cape Lookout, and Oak Island; the Light Attendant Sta tions at Belhaven, Washington, Ho bucken, Sea Level, Wrightsville Beach, Wilmington, and Oak Ialand; the base, Fort Macon, with ita electronic repair shop;' the moorings, Wilmington; Diamond Shoals and Frying Pan Lightship*; as well as the CG-8427 at South port, and the CG-56304, an aids to navigation vessel at New Bern. The new commander is a veteran of over 17 years of Coast Gvard duty. He originally enlisted in the service in 1M2; and one year later was sent to officer training school. He graduated early In 19+4 as an ensign. The Conifer out Argentina, Newfoundland, was his first duty as an officcr. and then he went on the patrol frigate El Paso. Both ships performed weather patrol duty. Other vessels he has served on have been the Chincoteague and Marion out of Norfolk, and the Winnebago and Lowe on Pacific weather patrol duty. He joined the staff of Comman der, Fifth Coast Guard District, during the latter part fo 1K5, after attending the Naval Justice School at Newport, B. L Rescue Squad Is Organized The More head City rescue squad held its second organizational meeting last week at Rays Body Shop. Ray Kennedy, squad captain, asked first aid questions to open the meeting. Oscar Joslyn showed different sizes of first aid kits which will be used by the squad. Don Foster re ported that he had ordered auto tags for each member's car. i Hr. Ui Ray, director oT Red Cross at Cherry Point, was made an honorary member by club vote. A. N. Willis was named to go to Raleigh and see what supplies can be gotten from Civil Defense for use in rescue work. Jim Hux announced that J. L. Humphrey, highway superinten dent, had been secured to give in struction in first aid. He will hold classes in standard, advanced, and instructor's first aid. The squad captain told the mem bers that any club, organization or individual wishing to take the instruction is welcome to do so. For further information Ray Ken nedy may be contacted at PArk 6-5635 or PA 6-5246. It was decided that the squad members will wear white coveralls with insignias as uniforms. Hel mets have been donated by Sports men's Pier. The squad hopes to get a rescue truck soon. The goal of the squad is to be able to meet any kind of disastet that may strike. They also hope to acquaint the public with the need for resct e work. Members of the squad are Ray Kennedy, captain; A. L. Brinson, first lieutenant; Henry Rowe, second lieutenant; Gordon Day, secretary-treasurer; Cal Dczcrn, assistant secrctary-treasurer. Jim Hux, Oscar Joslyn, Don Forster, Jim Cox, Frank Sarvis, A. N. Willis, Richard Powers, Joe Zajac. Coast Guard Makes Rescues The Fort Macoa Coast Guard station made one rescue and as (iated in another over the weekend, according to reports received yes terday morning. On Saturday the station received a call (rom the cabin cruiser, Jeannie, that the boat was dis abled in Core Sound due to an equipment failure. The 30-footer was dispatched to the scene and took the Jeannie in tow, pulling It to the Gull Oil docka in More head City. The boat was owned by J. T. Macisaac of Spray, N. C. Crewmen on the 30-footer were Tennie Davis, BMC; Hastle Baker, BM-2 and George Kelly, CS-1. Sunday night the station received a call to assist in searching for an outboard' motor boat that was overdue at Swansboro. The out board, a 14-footer, waa located in the New River where engine fail ure had disabled her. Coast Guardsmen from Swansboro sta tion took the boat and its owner, Allen Carter, to Swansboro. Manning the Fort Macon vessel in the search was Tennie Davis, BMC; Guy Jones, EN-1 and Has Ue Baber, BM-2. Shelby Freeman Applies to Army For Pier Permit Shelby Freeman, Morehead City, has made application to the dis trict office of the US Corps of Army Engineers, Wilmington, for a permit to construct a pier in the Atlantic Ocean five miles west of Atlantic Beach, according to a re lease from the engineers' office. Plans submitted show a pier 20 feet wide extending 800 feet sea ward beyond the mean low water line. Plans may be seen at the dis trict office or at the Atlantic Beach postoffice. A Department of the Army per mit merely expresses the assent of the Corps of Engineers so far as concerns the public rights of navigation. Permits are issued in cases where there are no valid objections from the standpoint of navigation. However, as a matter of policy, permits are not usually issued in cases where state or local authorities disapprove the proposed work in the public inter est. Objections to the proposed work as outlined above will be received at the district office, Wilmington, until Oct. 8. Newport PTA President Names Committees Committees for the year 1959-60 were appointed at the recent New port PTA meeting in the high school auditorium. Preliminary budget estimates were also submitted. The committee members as an nounced by Mrs. Robert K. Mon tague, president, follows: Ways and means: Rosalyn Ket ner, B. O. Ketner, Louise Cutler, Nellie Gardner, Bud Hohl, Myrtle Hoell, C. H. Lockey, Sue Malone, Les Bcrcegeay, Durwood Hill, Gerald Merrill, Alice Garner, Min nie Thrower, Bernice Minatel, Mary E. Buchanan. Boom representative: Mrs. Reg gie Parrith, Mr*. Stanail Bell, Mrs. Manly Mason. PTA center and grounds: Reg inald Garner, Melvin Edwards, Lloyd Garner, C. S. Long, Harry Lockey, Roy T. Garner, Otis Slaughter, Clarence Millis, Les Bercegeay. Membership: Millie Dudley, Al stine Skinner, Jane Tomlinaon, Ethel Garner, Rosalie Wade, Janie Garner. Hospitality: Edna Haskett, Edna Hill Maycie Lockey, Geraldine Garner. Health: Mary C. Millis, Janic Garner, Kathy Welch, Peggy Hill. Rotary suppers: Myrtle Hender son, C. H. Lockey, Elner Garner, Jessie Garner, Margaret Garner. Band: Melvin Edwards, Milton Warren, Irene Youngblood, May Adams, Tom Dickinson, Marie Gar ner, Charles Hill, Margaret Swain, Clarence Millis, Prentiss Garner, Harold Simmons, Brock Tripp, Nathan Garner. Program: Mary Anna Murdock, Rev. Ralph Fleming, Rena Kirk, Mrs. Jim McCoy, Rev. M. 0. Sears. Publicity: Robert H. Brown, Ed na Ayers. Safety: C. S. Long, Moses How ard, Robert H. Brown, Dan Bell. Commissioners Name Jurors The county commissioners drew the names of thirty-nine persons to serve as Jurors in the Oct. 19 term of civil court. The jury list follows: Preston Mason, Edward Taylor Arlington, Mrs. Verna Small, Ivey Mason, Ruby Taylor Becton, Mc Keever H. Lupton, C. N. Simpson Jr., L. J. Klein, Grayden E. Jor dan, H. I. Thompson, George D. Lewis, James H. Potter III, Hobert Kelly, Roy Barbour, all ot Beaufort. Gerald D. Piner, Lucille Arthur Smith, Melvin L. Byrd, Ralph L. Willis, I. E. Plttman, Alvin M. Gar ner, J. L. Scamon, Lloyd E. Stocks, William T. Davies, Harold P. Scrip ture, Dcjglas Hufham, Basil Wood, Mrs. D. B. Webb, Milton Ribonaon Jr., James C. Willis, Earl P. Bec ton, all of Morehead City. c Andrew Guthrie, Harkers Island; Ralph Monroe Nelson, Roy Hilton Willis, SUcy; S. K. Hedgecoek, Owen Dill, Atlantic Beach; Lexie H. Garner, Manly B. Morton, David Eugene Oglesby, Newport; Harvey Taylor, Sea Level. Tide Table Tides at (he Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, SepC IS 0:55 a.m. 7:13 p.m. 12:41 a.m. 1:03 p.m. 7:39 a.m. 7:M p.m. Wednesday, Sept. II m. 1:10 a.m. m. 1:10 p.m. Tharaday, Sept. 17 8:21 a.m. 1:3* p.m. 2:12 a.m. Mullet Fishing on Beach Is New Experience for Reporter Photo? by Luanne U?#ery Salter Pith fishermen exert great effort to pull in the net full of mullet. The 22-man crew roahes two hauls each day, one in the morning and one in the evening. This fishing equipment belongs to Al bert Lea, Morehead City fish dealer. Tentative Ferry Rates Posted The Sea Level-Atlantic-Ocracokc Ferry Co., Inc., has posted tenta tive fares with the atatc utilities commission. The rates are un official and may be changed, but the following have been released by Norwood Young, publicity chairman for the company. Passengers, 12; auto and driver, $5; trucks under 25 feet, (10; trucks 25 to 30 feet, $12.50; trucks 30 to 35 feet, $15; bicycle and rider, $2.50; motorcycle and driver, $3; motorcycle and side car, $3.50. All rates are subjcct to an addi tional 20 per cent Federal tax, ac cording to Mr. Young. Sailing schedules have not been announced but current plans call for two round trips daily. The all weather ferry is expected to make the 26 mile crossing between des tinations in two and one-half hours. The ferry's facilities will include spacious comfortable cabins, wide windows, rest rooms, promenade decks and a snack bar. It is being built by Dan, Leslie, Alfred and William Taylor of Norfolk, Va., and West Palm Beach, Fla. Ballet, a spotted do*, lita on the beach at Salter Path and mourn fully walls (or his master, who la in the dory shown at right. Four oarsmen and a boat captain (a out in the boat to set the net. Editor Interviews Vivien Leigh, English Actress, While in London By RUTH PEELING London, Sept. 3? This afternoon I met the first lady of the English theatre. Lady Olivier. To most of us she is Vivien Leigh, the accom plished screen actress. I requested, by note, an inter view with her before I went to see Look After Lulu, the Noel Coward play in which she it appearing. Miss Leigh was most charming. Her dressing room had several bouqueta of floweri in it and the late afternoon sun was streaming through the window as she wel comed me. She was wearing a white dress ing gown with a pink and green print in it. Her hair was pinned close to her head. As Lulu, her hair was red and I was pleas ed to see that she had not dyed her hair, but had mere ly been wearing a wig. Hanging on the couch behind her was a lovely dark blue street dress and fur cape. The last film Miss Leigh made in the United States was Street ear Named Desire. Most o f us remember her spleudid portrayal as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. Mis* Leigh has no definate plans to return to the United States, but there is the possibility, ihe said* that she may consider appearing in New York in the play Duel of Angels. Neither she nor husband, Sir Lawrence Olivier, have con tracts at present with any Ameri can film company. Sir Lawrence ii currently appear ing in Shakesperian dramas at Stratford-oo-Avon. The Oliviers live at Eaton Square in London during the week and in the coun try on weekend*. baafc After Lata i? * highly ?> NEWS-TIMES EXCLUSIVE musing French comedy based on a play by the French humorist, Georges Feydau. Miss Leigh plays the part of Lulu d' Arville, a young thing who loves life ? or men, both to her arc synonymous. The entire cast was excellent, but without Miss Leigh, it would have been just another comedy. While waiting to see the actress, I talked a bit with her wardrobe mistress, Mrs. Bea Garnham. The ones who work with celebrities get the close-ups. I like to talk to them. Mrs. Garnham admires Miss Leigh tremendously. Look After Lulu was on tour be fore opening in the small Royal Court theatre in Chelsea, where I interviewed Miss Leigh. It will move in two weeks to a larger theatre. Mrs. Garnham informed me that Miss Leigh always arrives at the theatre an hour before cur tain. "She is very prompt and ex act," Mrs. Garnham, observed, "and she expects others to oe al so." Some years ago, Miss Leigh be came ill and there were predictions that she would not return to the Patrolman Smith CalUd To Accident at Bottio Only one accident was investi gated by a highway patrolman over the weekend. Patrolman W. J. Smith was call ed to Bettic community Thursday night to investigate a collision be tween a 1956 Ford pulpwood truck and a 1955 Mercury. The patrolman said that Joe Ox endine, the truck driver, was mak ing a right turn into his yard when struck in the left rear side by the Mercury. Damage to the truck was esti mated at 975 and to the automo bile at liuo. Charges are pending) Mr. Smith said. stage. While she seemed anxious not to talk about that period, Miss Leigh reported that she was "well recovered." Before each act in Look After Lulu, there was a terrific thump ing. I couldn't figure out what it was. Sounded like somebody fall ing down the stairs. 1 asked Miss Leigh what the noise was about. She couldn't enlighten me. "I don't know," she replied, "It's just some thing they always do in French plays!" My visit with her was brief. Both of us talked simultaneously at times. To say that 1 was excited was understatement. But after all, it isn't every day that I'm in Lon don?and talk with a truly mar velous actress. Civitans Plan Safety Program IX Tom Brown of the state highway patrol was the guest speaker at the Friday meeting of the Morchcad City Civltan club. He spoke to members on civic or ganizations' responsibility in help ing with safety programs in the community. The club announced at the meet ing that the Civitans would spon sor the safety patrol boy program at both Morchead and Camp Glenn schools this year. Police Chief W. H. Griffin, who introduced Lt. Brown, said that the Morehcad City policc de partment would be available to instruct the boys In handling traf fic problems around the school. Roper Van fforn was named to head the patrol boy project and Bernard Morton wai appointed as By U1ANNE US8ERY "Get ? ?tory On mullet fishing down at Salter Path, the boss said Saturday morn ing. So, Ellen Bordeaux and I put on our Bermuda shorts and hopped in the station wagon for our unusual lady assignment. "What docs a mullet look like. What's it good for? What is in volved in catching them? These were only a few of the questions 1 asked EUen on the way to baiter Path. 1 had never had the experi ence of looking a fish in the eye since my environment was limited to the cotton and corn of piedmont South Carolina. Ellen "intelligently" answered my shower of questions with "Just wait, and we'll ask the fishermen . On the beach nets were stretched out getting repairs and out in the water we could sec bobbing corks from another net. First, we approached Headcn Willis, who was busy mending a net Between stitches, he told us that the 22-fisherman crew gets about three ccnts a pound for lU catch at present. The fishermen consider six ccnts a good price. The net and equipment belonged to Albert Lea, fish dealer of More head City. . For pictures of this spectacle, EUen and 1 had grabbed the near est camera, which happened to be a little Brownie hawkeye. When the nets were being hauled in. I ran about snapping pictures like mad, with Ellen at my heels. "Get a shot of them pulling on the nets," she shouted as I stepped knee-deep in the water for a pleas ing angle. 1 was practically knock ed on my face when the net sud denly came up behind me. The net was pulled up complete ly on the beach with hundreds of jumping fish in it. I stuped down to get a closcr look at friend, Mr. Mullet, but was shouted out of the way as the fishermen PuUeda sec 3f net onto